gostiti

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gostiti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡǒstiti/
Hyphenation: gos‧ti‧ti

Verb

gòstiti impf (Cyrillic spelling го̀стити)

(transitive) to treat, entertain, regale (as a guest)
(reflexive) to feast, be a guest, banquet

Conjugation

Conjugation of *gostiti*
		singular			plural
infinitive		gostiti
present verbal adverb		gòstēći
past verbal adverb		—
verbal noun		gòšćēnje

		1^st	2^nd	3^rd	1^st	2^nd	3^rd
present		gostim	gostiš	gosti	gostimo	gostite	goste
future	future I	gostit ću¹ gostiću	gostit ćeš¹ gostićeš	gostit će¹ gostiće	gostit ćemo¹ gostićemo	gostit ćete¹ gostićete	gostit ćē¹ gostiće
future	future II	bȕdēm gostio²	bȕdēš gostio²	bȕdē gostio²	bȕdēmo gostili²	bȕdēte gostili²	bȕdū gostili²
past	perfect	gostio sam²	gostio si²	gostio je²	gostili smo²	gostili ste²	gostili su²
	pluperfect³	bȉo sam gostio²	bȉo si gostio²	bȉo je gostio²	bíli smo gostili²	bíli ste gostili²	bíli su gostili²
	imperfect	gošćah	gošćaše	gošćaše	gošćasmo	gošćaste	gošćahu
conditional	conditional I	gostio bih²	gostio bi²	gostio bi²	gostili bismo²	gostili biste²	gostili bi²
conditional	conditional II⁴	bȉo bih gostio²	bȉo bi gostio²	bȉo bi gostio²	bíli bismo gostili²	bíli biste gostili²	bíli bi gostili²
imperative		—	gosti	—	gostimo	gostite	—
active past participle		gostio m / gostila f / gostilo n			gostili m / gostile f / gostila n
passive past participle		gošćen m / gošćena f / gošćeno n			gošćeni m / gošćene f / gošćena n

¹ Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic.
² For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively.
³ Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (“to be”) is routinely dropped.
⁴ Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (“to be”) is routinely dropped.
*Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

pogòstiti
ugòstiti